Charlotte Henrich

Charlotte Henrich
Henrich in 2026
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)[1]
Born (2006-08-30) 30 August 2006
France
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests400m: 50.45 (London, 2026)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 Birmingham4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2026 Birmingham4 × 400 m mixed
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Lima4x400 m relay
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Tampere400 m
European U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Jerusalem400 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Port of Spain400 m
Silver medal – second place2023 Port of Spain4x400m relay

Charlotte Henrich (born 30 August 2006) is a British sprinter who competes primarily over 400 metres. She finished third in the event at the 2026 UK Athletics Championships and sixth at the 2026 European Athletics Championships as a teenager, where she was also a double medalist in 4 x 400 metres relays. The year before, she was a gold medalist in the 400 metres at the 2025 European U20 Championships. As a 15-year-old, she won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships.[2]

Early life

Henrich was born in France, moving to the United Kingdom at the age of five years-old.[3] She attended Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School in Canterbury, Kent.[4][5]

Career

She won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem at the age of 15 years-old.[4] She won silver medals in both the individual 400 metres and in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games, held in Trinidad and Tobago.[6]

She competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, placing seventh in the final of the 400 metres.[7][8] Later in the championships, she won the bronze medal with the British team in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay.[9] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[10]

She set an indoor 400m personal best of 53.94 in February 2025 whilst running in Lee Valley, London.[11] In June 2025, she ran 52.10 seconds for the 400 metres in Regensburg, Germany, before later setting a meeting record of 52.56 to win the U20 Gala in Mannheim.[12][13] In July 2025, she won the title over 400 metres at the England U20 Championships in Birmingham.[14] That month, she lowered her personal best to 51.95 seconds at the London Olympic Stadium at the 2025 London Athletics Meet. She won the gold medal for the 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland in a new personal best of 51.68 seconds, having also ran the fastest qualifying times of all the competitors in the heats, and across the semi-finals.[15][16] In October 2025, she was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.[17] She was nominated for British under-20 female athlete of the year by Athletics Weekly in November 2025.[18]

Henrich was named in the British squad for the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[19] On the opening day she ran as part of the British women's 4 × 400 m team as they qualified for the final in 3:21.28, the fourth fastest recorded time by a British quartet, before placing fourth overall the following day in the final.[20][21][22] Later that month, she won the 400 metres in a lifetime best of 51.24 seconds at the Belfast Classic, and ran 51.48 to win representing Wales at the Loughborough Invitational.[23][24] In June, she placed third in the final of the 400 metres at the 2026 British Championships, winning her semi-final ahead of Keely Hodgkinson and running a personal best 50.58 seconds in the final.[25][26][27] The time also broke the Welsh record of Michelle Scutt, which has stood since 1982.[28] Competing at the 2026 London Athletics Meet on 18 July, she improved her personal best and Welsh record to 50.45 seconds.[29]

Heinrich was selected as part of the Welsh team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, placing fourth overall in the final of the 400 metres.[30][31] On 10 August, she won a silver medal competing for Great Britain at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in Birmingham. She later placed sixth in the final of the women's 400 metres.[32][33] In a busy championships, she also ran in the preliminary round of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay, in which Great Britain won the silver medal.[34]

Athletic achievements

Personal bests

Type Distance Time (s) Wind (m/s) Venue Date Notes
Individual events
Indoor 200 metres sh 24.08 N/a London, United Kingdom 2 February 2025
300 metres sh 37.60 N/a Birmingham, United Kingdom 15 February 2025
400 metres sh 53.11 N/a Birmingham, United Kingdom 22 February 2025
Outdoor 100 metres 11.60 +0.2 Crawley, United Kingdom 23 May 2026
200 metres 23.50 +1.1 London, United Kingdom 26 May 2025
400 metres 50.45 N/a London, United Kingdom 18 July 2026
Team events
Outdoor 4x400 metres relay 3:21.28 N/a Gaborone, Botswana 2 May 2026
4 × 400 metres relay Mx 3:10.47 N/a Birmingham, United Kingdom 10 August 2026

International competitions

Representing  Great Britain &  England
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2022 European U18 Championships Jerusalem, Israel 1st 400 m 53.54 PB
2023 Commonwealth Youth Games Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd 400 m 53.65
2nd 4 × 400 m relay Mx 3:22.29
2024 World U20 Championships Lima, Peru 7th 400 m 52.71
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.80 SB
2025 European U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 1st 400 m 51.68 PB
2026 World Relays Gaborone, Botswana 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.77
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 4th 400 m 51.16 Representing  Wales
European Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 6th 400 m 51.29
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.68
2nd 4 × 400 m relay Mx 3:10.47

National championships and competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2022 England Championships, U17 events Bedford 2nd 400 m 54.54 PB
2023 England Championships, U20 events Chelmsford 1st 400 m 54.04 SB
2024 Welsh Championships Cardiff 1st 400 m 52.64 PB CR
British Championships Manchester — 400 m 52.39 SB PB
England Championships, U20 events Birmingham 1st 400 m 53.34
2025 British Indoor Championships Birmingham — 400 m DNS
England Championships, U20 events Birmingham 1st 400 m 53.14
2026 British Championships Birmingham 3rd 400 m 50.58 PB

Personal life

Henrich was born in France, and is of Welsh descent through her mother. Her first language was French.[35]She has dyslexia, and has worked to raise Dyslexia Awareness.[3][36]

References

  1. ↑ "Four Welsh Athletes Selected for Worlds Relay Team". Welsh Athletics. 4 March 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Charlotte Henrich". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 Feb 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Canterbury teenage runner Charlotte Henrich ready to make some noise at 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago". Kentonline. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  4. 1 2 Tucker, Craig (15 July 2022). "Charlotte Henrich from Canterbury defies odds to win European Under-18 400m title in Jerusalem". Kentonline. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Canterbury teenage runner Charlotte Henrich ready to make some noise at 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago". Kentonline. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Teenage runner Charlotte Henrich from Canterbury claims second Commonwealth Youth Games silver as part of England's mixed 4x400m relay team in Trinidad and Tobago". Kentonline. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Women's 400m Results - World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2024". watch athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "ED BIRD WINS FIRST BRITISH MEDAL OF WORLD UNDER-20S IN LIMA". British Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Henderson, Jason (1 September 2024). "USA top medals table at World Under-20 Champs in Lima". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved Sep 1, 2024.
  10. ↑ "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "James McMurray wins Ayo Falola Dream Mile". Athletics Weekly. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "Sparkassen Gala 2025". World Athletics. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "GB&NI JUNIORS BREAK RECORDS AT MANNHEIM GALA". British Athletics. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "England Athletics Senior & U20 Championships. Incorporating the Senior Para Championships, Powered by Citroën: A standard sort of Saturday". England Athletics. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "THREE GOLDS FOR BRITAIN ON DAY THREE OF THE EUROPEAN U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  16. ↑ "World U20 record! Troscianka wins European U20 decathlon gold with 8514 points". European Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  17. ↑ "2025-26 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
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  19. ↑ "ZHARNEL HUGHES, CHARLIE DOBSON, DESIREE HENRY AMONG GB RELAY TEAM FOR BOTSWANA". Athletics Weekly. 4 March 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  20. ↑ "BOTSWANA WIN RECORD-BREAKING MEN'S 4X400M ON HOME SOIL". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
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  22. ↑ "BRITISH SUCCESS ON DAY ONE AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS IN BOTSWANA". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  23. ↑ Mills, Steven (9 May 2026). "McLuckie breaks Ovett's 39-year-old stadium record in the 3000m in Belfast". European Athletics. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  24. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (17 May 2026). "World indoor pole vault champion Caudery opens outdoor season with 4.61m". European Athletics. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  25. ↑ "Novuna UK Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  26. ↑ "Hunt and Glave win British 100m titles". BBC Sport. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  27. ↑ "ANNING AND HUDSON-SMITH IMPRESS AFTER HODGKINSON PULLS OUT". Athletics Weekly. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  28. ↑ "Henrich breaks Welsh record as Azu replaced by brother". BBC Sport. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  29. ↑ Henderson, Jason (18 July 2026). "HODGKINSON BATTLES BACK TO HOME 800M WIN AS JACKSON STUNS IN THE DISCUS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  30. ↑ "Team Wales named for Glasgow Commonwealth Games". BBC Sport. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  31. ↑ Crumley, Euan. "MATT DENNY'S GOLDEN THROW PUTS HIM IN ELITE COMMONWEALTH COMPANY". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
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  33. ↑ "HENRIETTE JÆGER DOMINATES EUROPEAN 400M AFTER ANNING'S LATE WITHDRAWAL". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  34. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 16 August 2026. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  35. ↑ "Charlotte Henrich | 400m - Welsh Athletics". www.welshathletics.org.
  36. ↑ "Dyslexia Awareness Week: Charlotte Henrich on overcoming self-doubt". Team England. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
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